14 November 2019

Lecture - Tuesday, November 19th.

16-19 in U55

We will continue our study of security, turning our attention to security in the transport layer and in the network layer.

The main topics will be SSL/TLS and IPsec used for VPN connections.

We will also see an example on how to install am SSL/TLS certificate on a webserver, so it will use HTTPS.

Tutorial session

Thursday November 21th. 8-10 in U146 or 10-12 in U24

Preparation:

You should prepare these exercises for discussion from chapter 8 of the book:

  • P17 - PGP

  • P19 - Wireshark and SSL

  • P22 - IPsec

Prepare a list of 10-15 keywords for exam question number 7: Security: Transport- and Network-layer security.

In class:

Use the first part of class to work on this exercise

  • P9 - Diffie Helmann (if not finished before the break)

  • P18 - Authentication and confidentiality

  • P21 - Attacking link-state algorithm

from Chapter 8 in the textbook.

Use the second part of the class to discuss the content of your keyword lists, and consider possible alternatives, and all of the exercises prepared at home and in class.

  • Chapter 8.6 - 8.7